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Mile Jedinak should be dropped from the Socceroos starting XI, says Mark Bosnich and Paul Okon

The skipper needs to be sacrificed to get other players in the team, says the two former green and gold stars

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Mile Jedinak should be benched for the World Cup to allow other
players to shine, according to former Socceroos Mark Bosnich and
Paul Okon.

The 33-year-old midfielder was an unused subsitutute during
Australia's 4-0 win over Czech Republic as he only arrived a few
days earlier in the team's Turkish camp after losing the
Championship playoff final with Aston Villa.

With Aaron Mooy excelling in a deeper midfield role alongside
Massimo Luongo, Bosnich questioned the wisdom of bringing Jedinak
in to disrupt the partnership.

"Giving him [Mooy] time and space he can hurt any defence and he
did do that," Bosnich said on Fox Sports.

"He works very well with Mass Luongo as well, they have a really
good understanding, and Luongo does the vast majority of his
defending for him and so that when he does make those forward moves
he’s covered."

“For me, I would say yes [to leaving Jedinak out]. At this
moment in time, it pains me to say and we saw it in the qualifiers
the influence Jedinak had … but you definitely have to find a place
for Luongo. I think his energy and his mobility is imperative.

"And if you are going to play Mooy and Rogic together you’re
going to have to have somebody that’s going to be able to do that
type of running for them."

"I would play them [Mooy and Rogic] together and I’d have Luongo
with them."

Okon agreed with his fellow pundit, believing Bert van Marwijk's
decision was between Mooy and Jedinak for one position.

"I think Mooy will play therefore I think that cancels out
Jedinak playing," Okon said.

"I think the both of them in there not enough mobility, and
that’s why Luongo would be more suited to play either with Jedinak
or with Mooy. It’s a choice that he’s going to have to make."

The Socceroos take on Hungary in Budapest on June 9 before
beginning their World Cup campaign against France in Kazan on June
16.